OPTICAL ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL NANO-CONVERTER Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G02F7/00 B82B1/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: nanoconverter includes four optical nanofibre combiners, five optical nanofibre Y-juction dividers, two telescopic nanofibres, three optical nanofibre delay lines. Telescopic nanofibres lie between the output of the third optical nanofibre combiner and the first output of the third optical nanofibre Y-junction divider on the axis of propagation of their output optical signals. The output of the optical signal source is connected to the input of the first optical nanofibre, the output of which is optically connected to the input of the second optical fibre, the output of which is the output of the device.

EFFECT: provision for fast information processing, which can be achieved for purely optical devices.

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